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Is this the same as Quick Sync for Linux? (Probably not, since QS is a Sandy Bridge feature) I'm confused I can't find any info on the subject of Quick Sync for Linux.

Quick Sync is hardware accelerated transcoding which would involve not only decoding (which this is about) but also encoding (only available on Sandybridge) so this is not equivalent to Quick Sync. It's more for video playback so in a va_api supporting player you could watch high definition movies with less cpu usage, and possibly jitter free if you couldn't before.

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[QUOTE=phoronix;208467]Phoronix: Finally, Intel G45 VA-API Support Is Available

Sadly, the Mythbuntu folks recently disabled packaging VA-API support, AFAICT you now need to build MythTV from source on your own to use it. I'm curious if this is going to change, but I fear that the nvidia-ization has already gone too far in the media playback scene...